discopathy

discopathy
Disease of a disk, particularly of an invertebral disk. [disco- + G. pathos, disease]
- traumatic cervical d. an injury characterized by fissuration, laceration and/or fragmentation of a cervical disk or surrounding ligaments, with or without displacement of fragments against spinal cord, nerve roots, or ligaments.

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dis·cop·a·thy dis-'käp-ə-thē n, pl -thies any disease affecting an intervertebral disk

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dis·cop·a·thy (dis-kopґə-the) [disco- + -pathy] disease of an intervertebral cartilage (disk).

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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